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From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU>
To: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
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Subject: Re: Kinda hung system ??
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Joe McGuckin wrote:

> 
> Version: 2.2.5 Release
> 
> Pentium II, 300MHZ.
> 
> This machine refuses logins, yet responds to pings.
> It boots normally, but after a random period of time
> becomes catatonic.
> 
> This machine is running INN.
> 
> Here;s a sample attempt to login:
> 
> duke% telnet news
> Trying 209.81.9.56...
> Connected to news.via.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> (It never gets beyond this point)
> 
> joe
> 
I never get a chance to attempt remote login, but I have had the same
problem, and even now after I have upgraded to a recent releng-2.2 snap, I
still get the problem.  Unfortunately, no strange messages in the logs,
aand no core dumps either.

Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics
http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498

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